c/o chamber orchestra

In the summer of 2014 a group of young musicians who had met as members of the Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic decided to form an ensemble of their own. After years of performing together, they were searching for an opportunity to build on their shared experience and take responsibility for each and every note they played. They decided to work without a conductor to make that responsibility to each other and the music clear, and they chose the name “c/o”, for the postal abbreviation, to signify the equally important responsibility of delivering the music from the composer to the listener.

In its first year, c/o performed successful concerts in Berlin and Leipzig together with the violinist Cornelia Gartemann from the Berlin Philharmonic. The resonance from these concerts is summed up by Clemens Haustein of the Berliner Zeitung:

“One will hear again soon from the c/o chamber orchestra, as the orchestra is called – and that is something to look forward to.” (Berliner Zeitung 22.7.2014)

For its 2015 season, c/o received an invitation from the festival Young Euro Classic to collaborate and perform with the jazz trombonist Nils Landgren. The sold-out concert in the Konzerthaus in Berlin was a rousing success:

“The c/o chamber orchestra played these tricky pieces without a conductor, but with a dedication that held the music together from the inside.” (Der Tagesspiegel 23.8.2015)

c/o was also invited to perform at the Chapel of Reconciliation on the Berlin Wall, as well as to continue its collaboration with the German Lawyers Association in a benefit concert raising money for the Foundation against Right-Wing Extremism.

The orchestra is committed to one simple idea: communicating the music as clearly and directly as possible. Without a conductor, the music is laid bare. Each musician assumes the responsibility for the complete piece at every moment. Whether Beethoven, Weill or Ibert, this intense concentration is reflected in performance –concerts are the engaging experience of hearing every musical voice as directly as possible.

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